BEA Selects Symantec as Strategic Java Tools Partner; BEA, Symantec Cooperate on Joint Development to Integrate BEA M3 with Symantec's Enterprise Tools.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 1998--BEA Systems Inc., (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BEAS), the market leader in distributed mission-critical middleware solutions for the world's largest enterprises, today announced that it has selected Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ:SYMC SYMC Symantec Corporation (stock symbol) ) as its strategic Java tools partner. As part of this partnership, BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. and Symantec are cooperating on development work to provide integration capabilities between current and future versions of BEA M3(TM), BEA's component middleware platform, and Symantec's enterprise tools, using Symantec's open application programming interface (API) architecture. The cooperative efforts are intended to provide customers with reduced development times and faster deployment of critical business applications, making use of Java, Symantec's popular development tools, and BEA's scalable, reliable middleware. "If you want to build Java applications, you use tools from Symantec," said Alfred Chuang Alfred S. Chuang is the founder, chairman, CEO and president of BEA Systems.[1] Prior to founding BEA, Chuang worked at Sun Microsystems. Chuang received a B.S. , executive vice president of product development and chief technology officer for BEA. "Their stature in the Java and Web development world makes Symantec a great partner for BEA. It is for this reason we are putting Symantec front and center as BEA's key Java tools partner." To assist with the joint development work, BEA has licensed Symantec's Visual Cafe A family of Java development products formerly from the WebGain division of Symantec and sold to TogetherSoft Corporation in 2002, which was acquired by Borland in 2003. Versions for Windows and the Macintosh were available that included a host of Java components and features for rapidly for Java(TM), Visual Page, and Symantec C++ development tools. Symantec Visual Cafe for Java is a powerful and complete Java development solution for building Java database solutions. Symantec Visual Page is a tool for building, deploying, and managing Web pages. "BEA focuses on the enterprise and on providing reliable, scalable infrastructure for applications to enterprise customers," said Mansour Safai, vice president, Symantec Internet Tools. "We are pleased to have chosen BEA as a partner to help provide easy-to-use tools that our joint customers can use to help create these important applications. Through our work with BEA, Visual Cafe for Java's tremendous ease-of-use and rapid application development capabilities are being extended to make enterprise distributed object Distributed objects are software modules that are designed to work together, but reside either in multiple computers connected via a network or in different processes inside the same computer. development a reality." BEA M3 BEA M3 is the first and only generally available, production-ready Object Transaction Manager (OTM OTM See: Out of the money. ), the next generation of middleware that is designed to serve as a scalable, mission-critical application platform, answering the need for the safe development and deployment of objects in the enterprise. BEA M3 is standards-based, providing maximum flexibility and easy interoperability with other applications. Customers will be able to use the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (standard, programming) Common Object Request Broker Architecture - (CORBA) An Object Management Group specification which provides a standard messaging interface between distributed objects. The original CORBA specification (1. (CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) A software-based interface from the Object Management Group (OMG) that allows software modules (objects) to communicate with each other no matter where they are located on a private network or the global ) standard and Enterprise JavaBeans See EJB. (specification, business, programming) Enterprise JavaBeans - (EJB) A server-side component architecture for writing reusable business logic and portable enterprise applications. EJB is the basis of Sun's Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE). (EJB (Enterprise JavaBeans) A software component in Sun's J2EE platform, which provides a pure Java environment for developing and running distributed applications. EJBs are written as software modules that contain the business logic of the application. ) as component models for C++ and Java-based development within BEA M3. BEA M3 also supports clients that use Microsoft's ActiveX and COM-based technologies. Symantec Corp. Symantec is the world leader in utility software for business and personal computing Refers to users working on their own computers rather than a terminal to a mainframe. Sometimes, the term refers to using computers at home for work and/or entertainment in contrast to business use only. See personal computer. . Symantec products and solutions help make users productive and keep their computers safe and reliable anywhere and anytime. Symantec offers a broad range of solutions and is acclaimed as a leader in both customer satisfaction and product brand recognition. Symantec is traded on Nasdaq under the symbol SYMC. More information on the company and its products can be obtained at http://www.symantec.com. Founded in 1982, the company's global operations Global Operations is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Barking Dog Studios and published by both Crave Entertainment and Electronic Arts. It was released in March of 2002, following its public multiplayer beta version which contained only the Quebec map. span North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Japan and several fast growing markets throughout Asia Pacific and Latin America. Traded on Nasdaq under the symbol SYMC, Symantec Corporation is based in Cupertino, Calif., and employs more than 2,000 people. Information on the company and its products can be obtained by calling 800/441-7234 toll free, 541/334-6054, or accessed on the World Wide Web at http://www.symantec.com. Symantec's Internet Tools Division The Symantec Internet Tools Division pioneered the Java development tools market by delivering the first development product for Java in March 1996. Since then, the division has continued to develop, market, and support a complete line of Java development tools worldwide, bringing the latest advances in Java technology to Internet developers. Symantec's suite of Java development tools include Visual Cafe for Java, Enterprise Suite, Visual Cafe for Java 2.5 Database Development Edition, Visual Cafe for Java 2.5 Professional Development Edition Visual Page, Visual Cafe for Java 2.0 Web Development Edition and Visual Page. BEA Systems, Inc. BEA Systems, Inc., is a leading provider of cross-platform middleware solutions for enterprise applications. BEA's products and services enable mission-critical, distributed applications that work seamlessly in client/server, Internet, and legacy environments. BEA provides transactional, messaging, and distributed object-based software for developing and deploying these enterprise applications. In addition to its product line, BEA provides complete solutions through its extensive partner network, and a full range of services including consulting, training, and support. BEA is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., and has 50 offices in 24 countries around the globe. The company's common stock trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "BEAS." Additional information on BEA is available on the Internet at http://www.beasys.com. Note to Editors: BEA is a registered trademark of BEA Systems, Inc. TUXEDO is a registered trademark in the U.S. and other countries. BEA M3 is a trademark of BEA Systems, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the company with which they are associated.
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